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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Mary not want Jane Grey to be executed?
(a) Because she was opposed to the death penalty.
(b) Because she thought it was hypocritical.
(c) Because she worried this would be her fate too.
(d) Because she felt that Jane was a pawn.

2. How old was Mary when she had her first physical relationship with a man?
(a) 37.
(b) 27.
(c) 47.
(d) 17.

3. What did Mary learn in September of 1554?
(a) She was pregnant.
(b) Charles V was dead.
(c) Elizabeth was ill.
(d) Philip was cheating.

4. How many courtiers attended the public bedding ceremony between Mary and Philip of Spain?
(a) A lot.
(b) Just a few.
(c) One.
(d) Too many.

5. What happened when Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, reached out to communicate with his daughter Jane Grey after he was captured?
(a) They reconciled.
(b) They converted.
(c) It was too late for conversion.
(d) They did not reconciled.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Cardinal Pole was summoned back to England, what announcement did he make?

2. Where did Mary and Philip go in April 1555 to await the birth of their child?

3. Whom did the public want Queen Mary to wed?

4. Why was Elizabeth apprehensive when Queen Mary requested her at court after the rebellion was over?

5. When Charles V abdicated the throne, what did Philip's brother, the Archduke Ferdinand, become?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Mary's state of mind at the end of her life?

2. What was Philip's behavior and feeling toward Mary, and why is it significant?

3. Why did Thomas Wyatt and a group of men meet in November, 1554, and why was it significant?

4. How was Philip of Spain greeted when he arrived in England?

5. How did Mary feel about Philip, and why is it significant?

6. How did Jane Grey and her husband Guilford compose themselves at their execution, and why was it significant?

7. How did Philip behave in Brussels during the process of Charles V's abdication?

8. Why did Mary retract Jane Grey's privileges at the Tower, and under what condition did she offer her a reprieve?

9. What actions did Parliament's first session enact after Mary was crowned, and why were they significant?

10. What personal disadvantages did Mary have as Queen of England, and what did this foretell for her future reign?

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